The differential transcriptome and ontology profiles of floating and cumulus granulosa cells in stimulated human antral follicles

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-240

  Koks S ^a,b,c   Velthut, A ^a,d   Sarapik, A ^a,b   Altmae S ^a,e   Reinmaa, E ^a   Schalkwyk, L C ^f   Fernandes, C ^f   Lad, H V ^f   Soomets, U ^a   Jaakma, U ^b,c   Salumets, A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c Competence Centre on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^d Centre for Infertility Treatment and Medical Genetics   (Estonia)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affymetrix; Gene expression; Gene ontology; Human granulosa cells; IVF

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; AROMATASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALGRANULIN A; CETRORELIX; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; DOCKING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 18; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 16; NEUROMODULIN; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE A; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 3; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; HORMONE;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ULOSA;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77952786935     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap103     Document Type: Article

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